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Clinical utility of polygenic scores for cardiometabolic disease in Arabs.
Nature communications - 18 Oct 2023
Shim Injeong, Kuwahara Hiroyuki, Chen NingNing, Hashem Mais O, AlAbdi Lama, Abouelhoda Mohamed, Won Hong-Hee, Natarajan Pradeep, Ellinor Patrick T, Khera Amit V, Gao Xin, Alkuraya Fowzan S, Fahed Akl C
Abstract excerpt
Arabs account for 5% of the world population and have a high burden of cardiometabolic disease, yet clinical utility of polygenic risk prediction in Arabs remains understudied. Among 5399 Arab patients, we optimize polygenic scores for 10 cardiometabolic traits, achieving a performance that is better than published scores and on par with performance in European-ancestry individuals. Odds ratio per standard...
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